The staurogyne repens need bright to very bright light, T5's. The Anubius Nana can go grow in low to moderate light.

rexpepper651

08-08-2013 04:25 PM

i have the anubius but not that one. my repens seems o be doing alright its green and stuff. so it needs high light?
it hasnt turned brown or anything yet. ive had it for bout 3 weeks now

newtchaplin

08-08-2013 04:52 PM

if you are using low to moderate lighting any kind of carpeting will not take the way you might want it to. I might just grow stunted. I use low to moderate lighting and I am trying to grow red ludwigia repens and it is not red just green, long and spars. I have tried dwarf hair grass, but it only lasted 2 months then died off, never to come back again. A real bummer. I use T8's and the repens grow but not the way or the color one might want.

newtchaplin

08-08-2013 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by rexpepper651
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i have the anubius but not that one. my repens seems o be doing alright its green and stuff. so it needs high light?
it hasnt turned brown or anything yet. ive had it for bout 3 weeks now

The two pictures show what I am trying to tell you. The first picture is ludwigia repens at their full potential, the other is the same plant with low to moderate light.

rexpepper651

08-08-2013 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by newtchaplin
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if you are using low to moderate lighting any kind of carpeting will not take the way you might want it to. I might just grow stunted. I use low to moderate lighting and I am trying to grow red ludwigia repens and it is not red just green, long and spars. I have tried dwarf hair grass, but it only lasted 2 months then died off, never to come back again. A real bummer. I use T8's and the repens grow but not the way or the color one might want.

my red ludwigia lost all its leaves and is starting to grow green ones :/ yup just like that!
yeah i wanted it to be a carpet in the middle of my tank. maybe ill replace it with some drift wood or something